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Crime

Tama man faces multiple charges after high speed chase

A local man was arrested and charged with multiple offenses last Wednesday after allegedly leading a Tama police officer who attempted to pull him over on a high speed chase. According to a criminal complaint, Officer Logan Andrews ran the plates for a parked vehicle belonging to Bostyn ...

The great trailer robbery

On March 19, the Toledo Police Department released a statement about a trailer that was stolen from Chyma's Machine and Welding on March 17. After an investigation was started and a suspect was identified, a related search warrant was conducted in Hardin County on March 18. The trailer was ...

‘Education is power’

Last Thursday, the Reinig Center was filled with citizens looking to learn a thing or two. Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley and Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt knew that a scam prevention seminar like this could provide important information to them. Investigator Al Perales, who has ...

Karina Cooper’s murder trial reset to July 2025

Karina Sue Cooper’s first degree murder trial has been reset to this July. This is the second reset in the case. After being arrested in February 2024 in connection with her husband Ryan Cooper’s murder, the trial was originally set to begin on Oct. 1, 2024, before being moved for the ...

New federal lawsuit filed against city of Toledo, former police officer

Although a federal judge recently dismissed one of the excessive force lawsuits filed against the city of Toledo and former Police Officer Kyle Howe, another is now pending on behalf of 27-year-old Issaias Romero of Tama, who was thrown onto the hood of Howe’s patrol car while he was ...

‘Somebody knows what happened’

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — It has now been over a decade since Rita Papakee was last seen alive on the Meskwaki Settlement on Jan. 16, 2015. Her case has drawn attention both locally and across the country, and law enforcement agencies continue to pursue leads in hopes of finding her and providing ...

Stop the scams

It can happen to anyone. A phone call, a text, an email, and before you know it, you've fallen for a scam. It happens everywhere, including Tama County, where residents have lost thousands of dollars to such malicious ruses. For the Toledo Police Department, scams come in waves, with on ...

Tama man arrested for allegedly threatening family, stealing AR-15

A Tama man was arrested last Monday afternoon over allegations that he stole his stepfather’s AR-15 style rifle and had made threats to kill his family. According to a criminal complaint, 18-year-old Logan Levi Kurth was charged with first degree burglary (a Class B felony), second degree ...

Danker’s murder trial reset for a third time to late summer 2025

TOLEDO – Former Traer resident Huston William Danker’s first degree murder trial which had been scheduled to begin last week in Johnson County – after being reset twice since the original date of Nov. 4, 2024 – has been reset for a third time to later this summer. On Dec. 26, 2024, ...

Former Elberon librarian convicted of soliciting vandalism, criminal mischief

TOLEDO — The weeklong trial of former Elberon Public Library Director Bailey Anne Jenkins concluded last Friday as a Tama County jury found her guilty of solicitation to commit a felony and second degree criminal mischief after a group of children ransacked and vandalized the facility on May ...